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Phoenix61

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28. Washing dishes. I don't have a dishwasher

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sat Jun 27, 2026, 01:56 PM

Jun 27

and wouldn't use one if I did as it's just me. Fifteen years of waitressing and I despise touching dirty dishes.

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What is your most hated chore? [View all] milestogo Jun 27 OP

Making the bed CanonRay Jun 27 #1

My parents made me make up my bed everyday when I was 5 years old kimbutgar Jun 27 #26

I too make my bed every day LogDog75 Jun 27 #32

Some years ago, we were in Germany, visiting my husband's son from his first marriage. 3catwoman3 Jun 27 #47

All of them. I hate housework and it shows. Ocelot II Jun 27 #2

GMTA. I, too, really dislike cleaning house, particularly vacuuming and dusting. 3catwoman3 Jun 27 #43

LOL! I like those. I have cats, too. They are gray and their fur shows on both dark and light surfaces. Ocelot II Jun 27 #44

We have one black and brown tabby, one tuxedo... 3catwoman3 Jun 27 #48

Excellent! Ocelot II Jun 27 #49

Cleaning baseboards!! That little edge near the floor where dust accumlates..torture BlueWaveNeverEnd Monday #51

Vacuuming. House of Roberts Jun 27 #3

Paperwork. Girard442 Jun 27 #4

Even worse was back in the days True Dough Jun 27 #13

Back during the era of Windows NT milestogo Jun 27 #17

I know that feeling as well True Dough Jun 27 #18

I re-imaged a machine that belonged to an engineer. milestogo Jun 27 #21

Wow! True Dough Jun 27 #22

I can remember my supervisor saying "that's great, but I'm not paying for it." milestogo Jun 27 #23

Have you worked in the field long enough True Dough Monday #50

No milestogo Monday #53

I know that feeling as well True Dough Jun 27 #19

Peeling garlic cloves, de-seeding lemons. Drum Jun 27 #5

Cleaning the grill... Mark.b2 Jun 27 #6

Cleaning the cat's litter box Sanity Claws Jun 27 #7

This. Times 100. 🙀 vanlassie Monday #61

Clipping my toenails! 😬 Floyd R. Turbo Jun 27 #8

This is why True Dough Jun 27 #14

That's Floyd R. Turbo Jun 27 #20

House cleaning, period. Diamond_Dog Jun 27 #9

Decluttering Grim Chieftain Jun 27 #10

Folding laundry -- all that time wasted messing around with something that's already clean! Ponietz Jun 27 #11

Ironing was worse. milestogo Jun 27 #12

It's not the folding I hate, it's putting the folded clothes away. Polly Hennessey Jun 27 #37

I have semi-joked many a time that if I were raising our sons again, I wouldn't bother... 3catwoman3 Jun 27 #46

Dusting. Aristus Jun 27 #15

Beat me to it! Mme. Defarge Jun 27 #29

Mrs. Aristus and I are summoning the courage... Aristus Jun 27 #41

Cleaning the bathroom... 2naSalit Jun 27 #16

Unloading/loading the dishwasher. I'm in a retirement community so I don't have the awful housework I used to have. CTyankee Jun 27 #24

Ha! Mme. Defarge Jun 27 #30

Weeding bif Jun 27 #25

Dusting or changing the sheets happybird Jun 27 #27

Washing dishes. I don't have a dishwasher Phoenix61 Jun 27 #28

I don't use a dishwasher either Skittles Jun 27 #33

There's so many, its hard to just pick one..... Bayard Jun 27 #31

Cleaning the outside of a toilet LogDog75 Jun 27 #34

Washing walls Endlessmike56 Jun 27 #35

Oh, gawd, I used to have to help my mother wash walls when I was a kid. 3catwoman3 Jun 27 #45

I don't want to cook schnitzel, ever again. Zackzzzz Jun 27 #36

yard work of any kind mike_c Jun 27 #38

Changing the sheets CozyMystery Jun 27 #39

Torturous..for some reason. I hate putting on the fitted sheet BlueWaveNeverEnd Monday #52

Any type of house work, I was slave labor as young as age 8, until I married and moved out at 20. cksmithy Jun 27 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author Beringia Jun 27 #42

I'm old i don't like or find chores necessary. I belong to the I Don't Care* generation. Srkdqltr Monday #54

I have 2. bamagal62 Monday #55

It was wiping my ass after a dump at140 Monday #56

Taking my trash to the recycling center. littlemissmartypants Monday #57

Taxes.... Even knowing I'll get a refund, I despise doing them. Norrrm Monday #58

Organizing anything u4ic Monday #59

I don't like to vacuum. I don't know why. I think the noise fuels my anxiety. I know how dogs and cats feel skylucy Monday #60

Cleaning leftovers and spoiled food from the fridge jmbar2 Monday #62

Changing my bed linen. Makes me wish I slept in a twin-size bed. LoisB Tuesday #63

Cleaning the oven. zanana1 Tuesday #64